A Malware Analyst examines malicious files and related evidence to understand behavior, impact, and useful defensive indicators. This page maps primarily to NICE Digital Forensics because that Work Role analyzes digital evidence from security incidents; some malware-analysis jobs also contribute to Threat Analysis.
Shared NICE mapping: Incident Forensics Analyst also use this primary NICE element. NICE Work Roles describe groups of work, so more than one job title can map to the same Work Role.
Mapping note: Some Malware Analyst positions may also perform work aligned to PD-WRL-006 Threat Analysis; this page uses PD-WRL-002 as its primary NICE mapping.
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